Updated On: 07 February, 2025 02:32 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
On screening, 57,184 women were diagnosed with breast cancer while 50,612 are receiving treatment, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Friday

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Over 14.6 crore women across the country have been screened for breast cancer and 57,184 were diagnosed with the disease while 50,612 are receiving treatment, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Friday.
Citing the national NCD portal data, he said in a written response to a question in Lok Sabha that more than nine crore women have been screened for cervical cancer out of which 96,747 were diagnosed with the disease and 86,196 are under treatment.